Apparatus for addressing articles



Aug. 3, 1926. 1,594,507

D. RADOVICH ET AL APPARATUS FOR ADDRESSING ARTICLES Filed Sept-4 9, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 3 192e. 1,594,507 i D. RADOVICH E1- AL APPARATUS FOR ADDRESSING ARTILESQ Filed Sept. 9, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 n gwuemtow JM m @M Patented Aug. 3, 1926. l* Y v UNITED STATES PATENT lOFFICE..` DANIEL RAnovroH AND DANIEL vtatami, or MiDvALE, UTAH.

varinennrus FOR AnDRnssING ARTICLES. i `Applicationilied September 9, 192,5. 4SerialV No. 55,256.

Our invention `relates to printing ad shaft 2, which shaft is journalled in beardresseson mailable articles such as maga-` ings, one of which is secured on the main Zines, periodicals, trade circulars, news- Ytrame A and the other on the said member papers and ofiice mailing literature, and has B. The said disk pulley 1 is operated by 55 for its object to provide a new and vefficient thebelt 3, which, in turn, is moved by the apparatus for printing individual addresses pulley wheel4 andthe motor M. On one directly on thearticle. side face of the said disk pulley l is r0- A further object is to provide an economtatably mounted a cam roller '5 on the stub ical, time-saving ymeans forprinting adshaft 6. A block. 7 is secured on the said 60 dresses of an oltice mailing list on mailable support C and in said block a channel groove;

matter, yor similar articles. y Y Y A8 is cut in which a sliding member 9 is car- These objects we accomplish with the ap ried. One portion of said slidingmember paratus illustrated in the accompanying 9 1s bent upwardly .and then backwardly drawings in which similar letters and nuparallel with its main body to formv a slug 65 merals of reference indicate like parts plunger 10 by which said slugs are pushed throughout the several views and asl defrom the galley G to the printing position. scribed in the specication forming apart lI`he free end portion of the said l slug of this application and as pointed out in the plungerl() is cut away, as at 11, to'allow clearappended claims. V ance of the slugs after they have been placed 70 In the drawings of which we have shown in the second or. receiving galley. An ad# the best and most` substantial embodiment justable catch 12 is provided on the upper of our invention, Figure 1 is a plan View oit' face of the slug plunger 10 tofengage the our apparatus. Figure 2 is a; side elevation end of each ofsaid slugs individually and of the slug plunger. Figure 3 is an end elepush themV out lof the galley on its open 75 vation of the same at right angles to Figure edge. The said catch 12 is longitudinally 2. Figure 4 is a plan view of theslug slidadjustable to move different sized slugs. ing catch. Figure 5 is a side elevation of the Lateral arms 13 and 14 are provided on the cam roller pulley, slug plunger and press lower side of lthe said member 9 for engagemechanism, on line 5-5 of Figure 1. Figment with the cam roller 5 on the said disk 80 ure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 1. pulley l.V The said arm 14 is cut away .at 15 Figure 7 is a detail planof the slug guide. to allow the cam roller 5 suiiicient clear- Figure8 is edge view of the same. Figure ance when its pulleyv l is rotated. Cross 9 is a plan of one side of said slug shifting members 17, between which rollers 18, 19 bar, while Figure 10 is the other face of and 2O are`mountedare pro-vided between 85 the same, n Y l l Y the said frameA and the member B. rllwo In general', the invention consists oi using printers galleys G and G1 are provided, the linotype slugs of the desired addresses in one said galley G is yplaced on top of the said galley and moving said slugs individually to rollers 18, 19 and 20, and in which are car- Y a printing position where the impression'is ried the address slugs S. One end of the 90 l 40 made and then to another galley for subsesaid galley G is closed, as at 16, and the quent use, the galleys being interchangeable. other end is open; also oneside is open to Our apparatus consists of a supporting allow passage of the slugs therefrom. In trame A upon which the' other elements'of the bottom of and nearthe open end of the the apparatus are mounted. The said trame said galleys a hole 21 is bored. A vhook 22 A has a transverse supporting member B for engagement in the said hole 21 `is atupon which the printing mechanism and tached to a pulley cord or belt 23, and a pulgalleys are mounted. Another transverse ley 24 is mounted on the supporting frame support C is'provided parallel with the said A over which pulley the said cord iscarried. supporting member B to aid in supporting On the other end of the said cord 23, a 100 and carrying the slidable'slug mechanism. weight 25 is suspended to movethegalley Ay disk pulley l is operably mounted on a Gand the slugs S therein longitudinally against the slug plunger 10. The other galley G1 is supported'at one end by lugs 26 fastened on said :trame A and at its other end by the member C, and on a lower plane than the galley G. A lug 27 is loosely pivoted on the upper side of the said member 7 by the'pin 23. A spring 29 is fastened to the said member 7 and engages with the hole. 30 in one edge of the said lug 2,7 to normally hold said lug parallel with said member 7 but to allow the slugs to be moved along the side oi said lug. A block 31 is secured to one of the said members??- by the thumb screws 32 and is slidable and adjustable longitudinally in the slot y 33. Another smaller block 34 is secured toene side .of the said block 31 to limit the longitudinal movement of a slidable Lfshaped member F, shown in detail in Figures 9 and 10and which is madeot a lat bar 36, to -which a` cross bar 37 .is secured and the said Lfshaped member is supported at one end 'on the mem* ber 7 and is slidably mountedv betweenfthe guides38, which are secured to a cross member 39, which, inturn, is mounted at one end to. the main trame A and. atthe other end on the support C. A spring 40 is secured to the lower side ot the said L-shaped member F, for holding it against the'blocl; 34 while the slug is being pressed for printing the desired address. A pressing lever 41 is pivote-d at .One-end to the vinain frame A by the pivot 42;.and on the other end otthe said lever 41 a block 43 is adjustably mounted and it acts as the pressr block when the printing is being done. A hole 44-is bored through the said lever and in which av rod 45 is operable and :on which a spring 55 is carried. Another hole is .bored through the member C of the support directly in alinement with the saidy hole 44 of the` lever 41. A lever 46 is pivotally mounted at one end' to the saidframe .Abythe pivot pin 47, and on the other end ofthefsaid lever 46 a pro.- jecting .lug 4 8 is provided for engagement with the said cam roller 50u the saidpulley wheell. The said rod 45 is connected with the. lever 46 by the pin. 49. The said bar 36 has an angled guide strip 50 secured on one tace thereof, which strip 50 engages with a pin 5.1 projecting laterally from the inner tace of saidmember9 to move the said slugs-into the galley G1' after the address desired has been printed.

The operation of ou-r device isas follows:

hen the slugs are placed in the galleys, a full galley G is placed in the machine 4and: an empty one G1 is placed'on the other side to receive the slugs after they have been used to print. Vith the. slugs against the side face of the slug plunger 10` on the sliding member 19, the machine isready for operas tion. The motor M is turned and the pulley wheel 4 turns the belt 3, which, Vin turn, rotates the dis-k pulley 1. The cam roller 5 rotates` with the pulley 1, which roller comes into contact with the arm 13 of the slidable member 9 and pressing against said arm 13 moves the slidable member 9 longitudinally; with the movement ot the member 9 and its component parts the catch l12 engages one ot' the slugs and slides it longitudinally from one galley until it is in direct alinement with the end of the other galley, and is directly under the press lever 43. The operator then places .they matter to be addressed over the slug and holds it there. As the disk pulley 1 rotates, `them-:ain roller 5 disengages from the arm 13 and comesl into contact with the lug 48 on the lever 46, and as the disk pulley 1 continues to rotate and with thel cam roller 5 in contact with the lever 46, the, said lever will `be lowered and pull the press. lever 43 downwardly and ypress the article firmly against the letters of the/slug.vkv The continued rotation ot said pulley 1 will re.- lease the saidflever 46, andthe spring 55 will raise the ypress lever 43. The cam roller will engage the arm-14 and Vmove it, with its connections, away from the shaft 2. The tension ot the spring 40 will move the L-s-haped member' F into contacty with Athe block 34, and the slug plunger 10 will also be moved away from said vshaft 2 and far enough that the catch 12 will be slid by the next slug and assume a position at therear.

end of said'slug in the galley G, at the same time the bar 36 will be moved by the -engagement of pin 51 in member 9., and the angled strip 5.0 will move the used slug onto the galley G1. The slugs in the galley YG are to. be inked as otter as required ruiming the conventional ink roller over them.

Having thus described our invention rand' its operation we desire to secure by Letters` Patent and claim 1. An apparatus for addressing articles comprising a trame; a power driven disk pulley; a roller carried on the side face of the disk pulley; printers slugs carried on said frame; a slug plunger having depending arms thereon, ada ated .to be engaged by said roller an adjustable catch on the upper face of said slug plunger; adapted to engage the end of each of said slugs individually, and push them out of the galley in which they are carried; la lever pivoted to said frame and adapted to be engaged by said rollerv to press theartiele to be addressed against the slugs in the printing position, means tomove vsaidslugs from the orinting position to an adjacent galley, said means consisting off a bar 36 and an angle strip thereon, and a pinprojecting from the inner face of a portion of the slug'plunger, to move said catch laterally.

2. An apparatus for addressing articles' comprising a frame; a power` drivenV disk pulley mounted thereon; a roller mounted on said pulley; a leverk movableon its pivot hy said roller; a slug plunger carried on said frame; printers slug With characters thereframe, and having depending arms thereon; on forming an address and carried in said a catch on Jche upper portion of said plunger galleys. y Y 10 adapted to move said slugs individually In testimony whereof We have aliixed our 5 from one galley to a printing position, and signatures.

to move a preceeding slug into another gal- DANIEL RADOVICH. ley; a galley support mounted on said DANIEL M. CLARK. 

